The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 20th August 2021

[Croftwoodspurs]

As you've caught me on Pay Day, I've chucked £10 your way...

I've also done the monthly contribution for the last few years, which is £6 the price of magazine...

Great Site and thanks to all those that keep it running in the back ground. Much appreciated. x

If we meet a certain target do we get a lovely new signing.. ?

 

[BrooklynSpurs]

Donated! Set up a monthly one. Thanks for everything

 

[Philly Yid]

Donated 15 pounds sterling (21.5 American dollars) to you lovely colonizers.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

Donated.

Will send a second donation if I'm in a good mood after deadline day.

 

[spursfan77]

This. Been saying all along the final week is where most clubs will do their business. More so than normal. Sooo many clubs trying to work out just what they need to raise in order to survive and trying to shift deadwood unsuccessfully first. It's been the line for months from the agents POV.

Well, with our low wages to turnover ratio and the prospect of the stadium being at full capacity this season alongside the restructured loan, we should be in a good position in relation to other clubs in this country and across the world. Getting bodies out the club is obviously the problem. We haven’t struggled to offload them like this since the summer 2018 window.

 

[dfree]

This. Been saying all along the final week is where most clubs will do their business. More so than normal. Sooo many clubs trying to work out just what they need to raise in order to survive and trying to shift deadwood unsuccessfully first. It's been the line for months from the agents POV.

Only issue with this strategy is although it makes a lot of sense economically, I’m sure a fair few clubs higher up the food chain will be sniffing, will be rather risky leaving it that late when we still need multiple in

 

[PhillySpurs]

Donated

 

[dg8672]

Money's very tight right now (we're in the process on closing on a new house) but once that's sorted I'll be chucking some money SC's way, but it'll be after the transfer window closes.

I wish i could do more. This site has meant a lot to me, even though I'm relatively quiet on it.

 

[sage]

pro tip: set up a small monthly donation and forget about it. it goes a long way!

 

[Mattspurs1982]

Donated what I could. Love this site, thanks to all the mods / rob etc. Here’s to a good finish to the window

 

[Huddlebone]

I tried to find the thread for suggestions and updates on SC but I apologise in advance and hope its ok to post here ?

Would it not be a very good thing to maybe do a collab with a spurs youtube channel to maybe have a weekly summary of the ITK posts and newsworthy threads ? In that way it would be much more easy to follow along for us fans and SC could grow. Again sorry if i am out of order

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Would it not be a very good thing to maybe do a collab with a spurs youtube channel to maybe have a weekly summary of the ITK posts and newsworthy threads ?

Good lord no.

 

[Trix]

Only issue with this strategy is although it makes a lot of sense economically, I’m sure a fair few clubs higher up the food chain will be sniffing, will be rather risky leaving it that late when we still need multiple in

It's not a strategy it's just the way it is. Clubs don't want to sell their best players. They are trying to offload their deadwood first. As the window draws shut clubs will be forced to get money in however they can. The opinion is there will be loans galore next week, and I'm sure that includes ourselves.

 

[Trix]

I tried to find the thread for suggestions and updates on SC but I apologise in advance and hope its ok to post here ?

Would it not be a very good thing to maybe do a collab with a spurs youtube channel to maybe have a weekly summary of the ITK posts and newsworthy threads ? In that way it would be much more easy to follow along for us fans and SC could grow. Again sorry if i am out of order

No it wouldn't.

 

[topper]

Donated - now can you please release Yankspurs!

 

[Lea]

Done, you doing excellent job ???

 

[GetSpurredOn]

Suppose loans with options/obligations may speed up the process.

 

[Ollie27]

Professional lurker here - Set up monthly donation - Keep up the good work!

 

[jonnyrotten]

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Morning all!
Here's a nice surprise for you all

HAVE YOU DONATED THIS MONTH/YET/AT ALL?

As you all know, SC relies on your donations to be able to provide a unrivalled coverage of ITK, if it wasn't for you guys, the server would crash left right and centre and we simply couldn't afford to be as awesome and sexy as I am, I mean we are.

In one transfer window we ran a poll asking when people thought we'd sign a certain player. The poll got an astonishing number of votes, over 600 of you took part.

Six bloody hundred. And that's just the yokes who bothered voting. Whichever way you slice it that's a lot. If everyone slung just three or four quid in the pot we'd be sorted for quite a while, so if you've never donated before, please consider doing so now.

Now, when it's donation drive time, which it is i'm afraid, where are you? *Goes all Delia* where aaaaare yoooooou? Let's be having youuuuuuu!

I reckon we've about 500 or more lurkmeisters, so come on guys, if you're one of them and you enjoy SC's coverage of the Transfer Window (and lets face it, you do because you're here right?), then please chip in. It doesn't have to be a massive amount.

And if you happen to be a Spurs mad gazzillionaire, cough the fuck up. And if you're Daniel Levy, fucking hell shortstuff, put your hands in your pockets. And get the BSoDL to chip in too.

But A&C, where does the money go?

Outgoings: The server costs £400 per month. Forum software purchases/licenses/misc comes to around £500 a year. So currently, the cost of SC is about £5k a year.

Incomings: Advertising/Affiliates can sometimes cover the costs during the transfer window (January, July, August) but thats sometimes. The rest of the year that falls well short. Its difficult to give an exact figure because the numbers don't stay the same but i'd say £100 a month during the quiet months. Donations during the quiet months come to about £50pm if we're lucky.

Rob will know better than I do, but I reckon we're short by about £2500 a year.

If one month we raise more than is needed, it stays in the pot as it won't be long before it IS needed. The shortfall is made up out of Robs pocket. I'll repeat that.......It comes out of his pocket. Think about that for a minute. I reckon he pays an average of £50 a WEEK.

This is why i'm often cajoling, nudging, outright begging and open to bribery during the transfer window. It's when the most of you are about and our last big donation drive raised enough to cover costs for a couple of months or so.

Any excess raised stays in the pot until its needed when donations/income goes right down. Absolutely nothing goes on anything other than SC's running costs.

So, if you'd like to donate, here's the link.

Donate to Spurscommunity

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www.paypal.com

We use Paypal but you don't need an account with them, you can use your card in the same way as making any other online purchase. Very securely.

Probably not the place to ask but is there a way one-off donators or direct debtors could get a supporters badge or flair? Behavioural economics and all that.. would encourage more people to donate too.

 

[robertgoulet]

Probably not the place to ask but is there a way one-off donators or direct debtors could get a supporters badge or flair? Behavioural economics and all that.. would encourage more people to donate too.

Paperback book filled with all of A&C's short stories about Levy.